by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Arkansas” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 22,298 people earned their degree in communication sciences, making the major the 47th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, communication sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $47,173 and had an average of $22,255 in loans still to pay off.
Across Arkansas, there were 377 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,880 and $20,119 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 229 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,130 and $24,615 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Arkansas” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in communication sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their communication sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The communication sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Arkansas”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Arkansas”.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Ouachita Baptist University landed the #1 spot on the list. Ouachita Baptist University is located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s communication sciences degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Harding University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Searcy, Arkansas, and it awarded 44 bachelors’s communication sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Arkansas. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Arkansas list. UCA is located in Conway, Arkansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 48 bachelors’s communication sciences degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas landed the #4 spot on the list. Fayetteville, Arkansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s communication sciences degrees to 72 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Arkansas State University - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. A-State is a fairly large school located in Jonesboro, Arkansas that handed out 35 bachelors’s communication sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
University of Arkansas at Little Rock came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Arkansas ranking. Little Rock, Arkansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s communication sciences degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
Full University of Arkansas at Little Rock Communication Sciences Report
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